Method and system for encouraging a person to affirmatively engage in an activity
There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving an activation signal from a user interface, (b) receiving data indicative of an occurrence of an event, (c) allotting a benefit, in response to the occurrence of the event, (d) recognizing that the event occurred within a window of time with respect to a time of occurrence of the activation signal, and (e) modifying the benefit to yield a modified benefit. There is also provided a system that performs the method.
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method of engaging a user in a fantasy game experience in real time, wherein the fantasy game experience is associated with a live game, and wherein the live game has one or more players, and the user is not one of the one or more players of the live game, the method comprising:
monitoring the live game for an occurrence of at least one event,
wherein the occurrence of the at least one event results in an unmodified benefit to the user in the fantasy game experience when the at least one event occurs during a first duration of the live game,
wherein the occurrence of the at least one event results in a modified benefit to the user in the fantasy game experience when the at least one event occurs during a second duration of the live game;
receiving, during the live game, information indicative of the user actuating an input associated with a user interface for at least partial engagement by the user in the fantasy game experience in real time;
tracking, in response to receiving information indicative of the user actuating the input, the second duration of the live game,
wherein a beginning of the second duration of the live game is substantially temporally proximal to the receiving information indicative of the user actuating an input;
receiving information indicative of the occurrence of the at least one event in the live game and during the second duration; and
crediting, in response to receiving information indication of the occurrence of the at least one during the second duration, a user account with the modified benefit.
2. The media of claim 1 ,
wherein the first duration is a first predefined period of time, and
wherein the second duration is a second predefined period of time.
3. The media of claim 1 ,
wherein the first duration is initiated or terminated based on an occurrence of a first sub-event,
wherein the second duration is initiated or terminated based on an occurrence of a second sub-event, and
wherein neither of the first sub-event nor the second sub-event is associated with a time period of play of the live game.
4. The media of claim 1 , wherein the event is a pre-designated player in the live game performing a pre-designated sub-event.
5. The media of claim 1 ,
wherein the user is a first user and the user interface is a first user interface,
wherein the method also facilitates engaging a second user in a fantasy game experience in real time,
wherein the method further includes the step of receiving, during the live game, information indicative of the second user actuating an input associated with a second user interface for at least partial engagement by the second user in the fantasy game experience in real time.
6. The media of claim 5 , wherein the method further includes the step of:
determining which of the first user and the second user actuated their respective user input associated with the respective user interface first, such that the modified benefit is credited to the user account of first-actuating user.
7. The media of claim 5 , wherein the method further includes the step of:
determining a time during play of the live game when each of the first user and the second user actuated their respective user input, and
crediting the user account of the user actuating their respective user input closest in time to the at least one event.
8. The media of claim 1 , wherein the method further includes the step of:
determining, during a time of play of the live game, a number of times the user actuated the input; and
based on the number of times the user actuated the input, modifying the user account.